![]() The state gained a 30th electoral vote after the 2020 Census, surpassing New York for third most in the country. ![]() Florida’s population has exploded in the past 60 years and its electoral importance has grown with it, from eight electoral votes at the end of World War II to 29 during the 2010s. Like most southern states, Florida voted almost exclusively Democratic from Reconstruction until the mid-20th century, before turning primarily Republican in 1952. Very much a southern state at the time, Florida seceded during the Civil War and did not participate in the 1864 election. ![]() Florida gained statehood in 1845, helping the Whig candidate Zachary Taylor get elected president in 1848 – the last general election not won by a Republican or Democratic candidate.
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